PhD in Demography

Fully funded PhD studentship at the University of Liverpool in the Department of Public Health, Policy & Systems to examine the impacts of public health policy interventions targeting the food environment in addressing obesity and diet-related illnesses./nThe PhD will contribute to a local food intake survey to examine daily nutrient intake and understand contributions of the out-of-home (OOH) and non-OOH sectors and exposures to the obesogenic food environment./nThe PhD will use simulation models to quantify the impacts of policy interventions aimed at improving the food environment, with flexibility to choose policy options (e.g., fiscal policy, food labelling, reformulation, policies affecting food availability and affordability)./nThe student will join the NCD Prevention and Food Policy Modelling Group, analyse linked longitudinal data, nutritional survey data, risk factor trends, and disease trajectories, and may use other modelling approaches from the group and collaborators./nThe studentship is supported by a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) programme and will be primarily based at the host institute (University of Liverpool). Each studentship has a dedicated budget for personalised training, study visits and external placements, and students will become members of the NIHR academy (www.nihr.ac.uk/career-development/nihr-academy).